Improved hat and coat-rack



i ing isjafull p p vbeing had to the accompanying drawings, andto the ofreference marked' thereon, making a part f time @anni seem YJos-EPEE?.

osBoRN, on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 91,559, dated .Tune 22, 1869.

To `all whom it mag/concern Be it known that I, JQSEPH E. Osman, `ofChicago,

in the countyof Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented new anduseful Improvements upon Hat and Coat-Racks; and I do hereby declarethat the followand exact description thereof, reference letters of thisspecification.

My-invention consists in applying to hat and coatracks the brace, `fourhooks for hats, four additional 'hooks for coats, and the adjustment oftheIhat-hooks, the coat-hooks, and a looking-"glass, and their manner ofoperation.

- To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation. l

I construct my 'at and coat-rack of-brass, or any other materialsuitableffor thatv purpose, consisting, in

y, Figure 1, of a bed-piece, a, with six screw-holes and twopivot-hinges,v from which projects an arm, b, to which is applied thebrace e, from which arm there i radiatesupward a shaft, d, to the upperend of which are adjusted, by means of a screw, e, four revolving hooksfor hats, 1, 2, 3, 4, screwed into a plate, j, which may or may notrevolve upon the shaftd, and to which shaft dis also adjusted, by meansofthe armjt, and to the arm h, a looking-glass, g, which swings upon theshaft d, and is adjusted tot-he lower end of the `arm h, so as to swingupward and downward, and to revolve about half way either way, uponhinges for that purpose.

Also, from the arm b, radiates downward a shaft, or upright, t,constructed`in two parts, 'i and j, and 4united by means of a screw, asshown in Figure 2, to which shaft, or upright are adjusted eight hooks,for 4coats or other garments, as represented in ig. 1, to stand at iightangles, and held in position by means of pivots and cavities for theirinsertion, as represented in Figure 4 hy figures l and 2, and in g'. 2by the same lgures, and so adjusted as to revolve entirely, and so thatthe upper hooks of each brace of hooks may be raised suiciently topermit each brace to ,clasp nearly together, and to stand at acuteangles when out of use.

The lower hooks upon section j, iig. 1, of -the shaft i, are sustainedby a screw, 7c, screwed into section j.

Figure 3 represents a brace of the hooks upon the shaft t', detachedtherefrom.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

'Ihe combination of' the bed-piece a, the arm b, the brace e, the shaftsd 'i j, the hat and coat-hooks described, and the looking-glass g,substantially as set forth.

JOSEPH E. OSBORN. Witnesses:

PETER L. HAwKINsoN, ABRAHAM FRANKL

